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I live with my boyfriend now, but we broke up and we have twins.

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I live with my boyfriend now, but we broke up and we have twins. I am going to submit custody papers by the end of the week. I want to know legal ramification of taking my twins with me before custody issues are resolved? He is on the birth certificate but he has no job, hasn't had one for 20 years, no way to support them? He is seeing his ex wife who is bipolar and I believe an endangerment to them? Help!

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When one parent takes her children and flees potential danger, the fact that she has done so should not typically hurt her custody efforts.

However, absent a showing that there was a danger to the parent or the children, fleeing with the children and refusing the other parent access can potentially adversely affect custody efforts in future proceedings. This is particularly the case if the court believes you might potentially attempt to permanently deny the other parent access to the children. Further, if your boyfriend's relationship with his ex-wife is endangering the children, the court can limit his visitation or deny him custody based on that danger.

Accordingly, you'd be prudent to retain an attorney for the custody matter. Your attorney can help you evaluate whether or not a court is likely to perceive a risk justifying such flight. Your attorney can also help you determine if your boyfriend's relationship with his ex-wife is sufficient to aid you in limiting visitation or custody.

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I don't want to permanently bar him from them I just want to move to a different house where she doesn't know where I live? My question I guess is can he call the cops on me for taking the twins to a different location? I mean I pay the rent, I am the one with the job? I don't want an amber alert out for me. If I file before I move out, would there be some sort of temporary custody until the hearing?

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You can petition the court for temporary custody pending the final order. Your boyfriend can also petition the court for a temporary visitation order. The court will then evaluate the petition in the best interests of the children.

Absent a court order, both parents have equal and unlimited access to the child. Leaving the home for safety reasons isn't typically a problem. Parental kidnapping only arises after a court order is in place. However, if it appears that you're trying to permanently deprive him of the children, that could have different results. Accordingly, you should retain an attorney for the custody matter and to help you determine the best manner of protecting your safety and your custodial rights.

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Sorry just one more question. Soo if I move, even though I am leaving him there...he can't call the authorities unless he tried and contact me and I said no you can't see them? Moving doesn't qualify as trying to deny his "equal and unlimited access to the child"?

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Absent a court order, each parent's rights to physical custody of the children are equal, meaning neither parent has a right to force the other parent to hand over the children. Parental kidnapping is not typically a problem in such situations. There's a good article about parental kidnapping at the following link. http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=686&state_code=WA

However, it could potentially adversely affect your custody efforts as mentioned previously and you should retain a local attorney to help you protect those interests.

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